Jeb Bush & John Kasich--News Detail

News Detail—Jeb Bush & John Kasich

Two candidates for the Republican nomination for president worked for Lehman Brothers in 2008.  The collapse of Lehman is described as touching off the Great Recession in September, 2008.

Jeb Bush worked for Lehman Brothers and its successor company, Barclays, from 2007 through 2014.  Bush earned $14 million from the companies.

John Kasich worked for Lehman Brothers from 2001 until 2008.  In 2008, Kasich earned just under $1.4 million.

Sources:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_07/kasich_and_bush_the_lehman_bro056489.php

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/08/politics/john-kasich-2016-lehman-brothers-wall-street/

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/05/recovering_politician_bides_hi.html

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shameful-lehman-legacy-taints-bush--kasich-526278723805

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/57876750/ns/msnbc-rachel_maddow_show/#.VgBrb5ePW5o

Carly Fiorina--News Detail

News Detail--Carly Fiorina

“Fired in 2005, [Carly Fiorina] left with more than $42 million in severance, stock options and pension.”

Source:  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/us/politics/carly-fiorina-aims-to-foil-attacks-on-her-record-as-a-ceo.html?emc=edit_tu_20150921&nl=technology&nlid=55274482

[09-21-2015]

Killing for Trophies is Immoral

Four US Senators have announced that they are introducing an act to prohibit the importation of animal trophies to include species that have been proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

The act will be called the Cecil Act (the ‘‘Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act”).  Cecil was the Zimbabwean lion who was killed by an American trophy hunter.

Democrats Bob Menendez (N.J.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ben Cardin (Md.) are co-sponsoring the legislation. 

The proposed bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the import- and export-related provision of that Act to species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under that Act.  See Section 9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)).

See also http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/07/how_to_prosecute_cecil_the_lion_s_killer_apply_the_endangered_species_act.html